Construction Startup Competition & Leonard partner with Recotech for 2026

Construction Startup Competition is partnering with Recotech again for this year’s event, taking place in Helsinki on November 17. As part of the collaboration, CSC’s European Pitch Day will be held at Recotech, bringing promising PropTech & ConTech startups together with investors, major corporations and decision-makers from across the built-environment ecosystem.

The partnership gives Nordic innovators direct access to one of the construction sector’s leading global startup competitions. CSC connects emerging companies with industry partners capable of helping new solutions progress from early pilots to international deployment.

Leonard, VINCI Group’s foresight and innovation platform, also a main partner of this year’s edition, is among the organizations behind the competition. Its participation brings a valuable large-scale perspective to the Nordics: how promising technologies can be tested in real operating environments, adopted across major projects and developed to meet the practical demands of construction, infrastructure, mobility and energy.

By combining Recotech’s strong Nordic community with CSC’s international network and Leonard’s connection to a global infrastructure group, the European Pitch Day will create a bridge between regional ingenuity and worldwide industrial opportunity. For startups, it is a chance to present ideas to organizations with the reach and expertise to help them scale. For established industry players, it offers direct access to technologies that could shape a more sustainable, productive and resilient built environment.

On November 17, Helsinki will become a meeting point for Nordic innovation and global construction scale—turning ambitious ideas into opportunities for real-world impact

August 12, 2026